Comments on: Botched Data DVD

Question: Botched Data DVD

muckster — Sat, 21 May 2005 17:53:41 -0800

How can I get files off an improperly finalized data DVD? (WinXP, Nero)

I backed up some files on a data DVD with Nero. I believe that everything burned fine but the disc wasn't properly finalized. Either way, I can't read from the disc. When I open it in Nero, I see one session with two tracks: one is 4 GB Joliet, the other has 10 KB and just says Data (mode 1). I'm not sure what that means, but Nero seems to see the files I wrote to the disc, but it won't let me finalize the DVD. (It tells me the disc is not writable.)

These are my only backups, and I really like to get the files off the DVD (provided they're really there.) Is there any utility or trick that might let me read the data?

Thanks!

By: AlexReynolds

AlexReynolds — Sat, 21 May 2005 19:33:17 -0800

Take a look at this.

By: muckster

muckster — Sat, 21 May 2005 19:56:35 -0800

Amazing! Thank you!

By: mrbill

mrbill — Sun, 22 May 2005 03:40:08 -0800

ISOBuster is definitely the tool for the job - I've used it to successfully recover data from "corrupted" or "damaged" DVD data discs more than once.

By: Dean Keaton

Dean Keaton — Sun, 22 May 2005 13:39:35 -0800

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